SOCIAL workers in Ho have taken a nine-year-old girl into care after she was burnt with a hot-pressing iron by her aunt with whom she lived for two years at Ho New Housing.
Over the period, the basic schoolgirl (name withheld) was allegedly asked to sell soya kebab on the street every morning before going to school.
If she did not make good sales, she was said to have been subjected to various forms of physical torture by her paternal aunt.
The torture is said to have taken an extreme turn for the helpless child on Friday (May 5) when she returned from selling.
This time, her aunt said the sales were short by GHc50 and accused the child of stealing the money.
She is said to have grabbed a hot pressing iron and burnt the legs and hand of the girl who bore the excruciating pain in silence.
One of the burns was very close to her private part.
Source: graphic.com.gh
